Greece GEORGE Th. MAVROGORDATOS 1 & HARRIS MYLONAS 2 1 Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens, Greece; 2 Department of Political Science and Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, USA Table 1. Cabinet composition of G. Papandreou I For the composition of G. Papandreou I on 1 January 2010, see Mavrogordatos & Marantzidis (2010: 994). Changes during 2010 (on 7 September): Minister of Foreign Affairs/Ypourgos Exoterikon: Giorgos Papandreou (1952 male, PASOK) was replaced by Dimitris Droutsas (1968 male, PASOK) Minister of Regional Development and Competitiveness a /Ypourgos Perifereiakis Anaptyxis kai Antagonistikotitas: Louka Katseli (1952 female, PASOK) was replaced by Michalis Chrysochoidis (1955 male, PASOK) Minister of Sea Affairs, Islands, and Fisheries b /Ypourgos Thalassion Ypotheseon, Nison kai Alieias:Yannis Diamantidis (1948 male, PASOK) Minister of Health and Social Solidarity/Ypourgos Ygeias kai Koinonikis Allilengyis: Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou (1963 female, PASOK) was replaced by Andreas Loverdos (1956 male, PASOK) Minister of Labour and Social Security c /Ypourgos Ergasias kai Koinonikis Asfalisis: Andreas Loverdos (1956 male, PASOK) was replaced by Louka Katseli (1952 female, PASOK) Minister of Agricultural Development and Food/Ypourgos Agrotikis Anaptyxis kai Trofimon: Katerina Batzeli (1958 female, PASOK) was replaced by Kostas Skandalidis (1953 male, PASOK) Minister of Citizen’s Protection/Ypourgos Prostasias tou Politi: Michalis Chrysochoidis (1955 male, PASOK) was replaced by Christos Papoutsis (1953 male, PASOK) Notes: a Formerly Ministry of Economy,Competitiveness and Marine. b Reconstitution of the old Ministry of Merchant Marine, which had been merged with the Ministry of Economy. c Formerly Ministry of Employment and Social Protection. Issues in national politics Early in 2010 Greece managed to acquire worldwide importance and atten- tion because the spectre of an imminent default on its exorbitant public European Journal of Political Research 50: 985–990, 2011 985 doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2011.02023.x © 2011 The Author(s) European Journal of Political Research © 2011 European Consortium for Political Research Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA